Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

TPF may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others

#47,869
IMPORTANT READ-ME

Please post authenticity questions related to COACH in this thread. No PMs please.
For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread.

Please follow the following requests:
  • Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this thread to make sure that the item has not previously been authenticated by searching the seller ID and/or item number. This is not a thread to ask general questions about COACH, please refer to our main Coach forum for such information.
  • Note that authenticators have the right to refuse any requests. This is a free service, but it is imperative that you help our authenticators by using the following format:
  • FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Listing number:
    Seller and site where listed
    Link:
    Comments:

  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
    Comments:
BASIC PICTURES REQUIRED (but more may be requested): If necessary pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to upload and duplicate them.
  • Front of item
  • Back of item
  • Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
  • Made in tags (when available)
  • Measurements
  • For bags with turnlock closures, show pictures of back of female side of turnlock
  • For bags with magnetic snaps, show pictures of the male part of the snap so that the numbers and letters on it can be read
  • If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that.
Thank you and be safe!
 
  • Like
Reactions: jenAC, joeesan, starlight1247 and 106 others
#4,456
Sem1charmed said:
Oh my, oh my. ❤❤

Vintage Leather Coach Bag 99 CENT AUCTION Classic Basic Bag 1970's Made in NYC

251904193053

cw1508536
http://m.ebay.com/itm/251904193053

Please tell me if this gorgeous bag is authentic. The 90% feedback of seller concerns me... This bag would look AMAZING on my arm!

Thank you ladies... Thank you!!
Click to expand...
It's an authentic basic bag from the late 70s/early 80s. It has anchors on the strap. (I wonder if the seller has been hanging around tpf!) I have the same bag. I would be worried about that zipper. It is prohibitively expensive to replace zippers in these bags. The original ones were made of brass. The original handle strap is also missing and the seller doesn't mention it.

One of the seller's negatives was for not sending an item and not communicating. The other was for an inaccurate description.
 
#4,457
thecollector629 said:
Good morning!
Can you please check this listing for me?
I am concerned about the Stewardess!
Thank you.
Seller: wiwaukeshawi
Auction: 161665536423
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-3-CO...423?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25a40451a7
Click to expand...

Hyacinth said:
They all seem ok to me but I haven't owned any of the styles, there may be something I'm missing. Other opinions are welcome.

What worries you about the Stewardess?
Click to expand...
I agree, I don't see any problems with any of them. The creed of the Stewardess matches the font of other B factory creeds.
 
#4,460
#4,461
BeenBurned said:
That bag is NOT an exception to the signature "rule." The bag is fake.

ETA: KRUCZKO has another fake: - DO NOT BUY FROM kruczko
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Blue-Purse-/221737517631?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33a096023f

The gold acetate mini sig lining is always fake, the creed is the wrong color and material, the stamping is wrong and the serial number is invalid, incomplete and in the wrong place.
Click to expand...

I felt the same way about the seriel # buuuuuut I was wrong before.


And... It is a solid rule, correct :..all Signature c print on the outside, NO Sig. C on the inside. Not asking about patchwork. The month code was 'U'

The listing has been pulled but 181707965469
 
#4,462
Never mind... Didn't see the answer.

whateve said:
It's an authentic basic bag from the late 70s/early 80s. It has anchors on the strap. (I wonder if the seller has been hanging around tpf!) I have the same bag. I would be worried about that zipper. It is prohibitively expensive to replace zippers in these bags. The original ones were made of brass. The original handle strap is also missing and the seller doesn't mention it.

One of the seller's negatives was for not sending an item and not communicating. The other was for an inaccurate description.
Click to expand...

Should I ask the seller about this or pass on this bag and find another? I think it is.. GORGEOUS. How do you like yours? Is it heavy?
 
#4,466
BeenBurned said:
Certainly direct the seller here. If she cares about her ebay reputation and account, she'll do whatever it takes to make sure her listings comply with ebay policy (and federal trademark law).

Coach has used S as a PLANT code (for China), last character in the prefix of a serial number, but NEVER as a month code, the first letter of the prefix. If vandak5757 sold bags with an S month code, she should owe her buyers refunds.

And with regard to her statement that she bought it from the outlet, she's either mistaken about the source or lying. That bag didn't come from a legitimate Coach outlet though the internet is flooded with non-Coach "outlets."

ETA: BTW, I will commend the seller for issuing the full refund but her suggestion to donate it isn't one that I recommend. My guess is that that's how she ended up with her bag; someone donated it and although it's illegal even for thrift stores to sell fakes, it happens and buyers like you get scammed.
Click to expand...



Yes, I gave her the eBay link about Coach's serial numbers. Thanked her too for quick response and refund. So now i was planning to give the bag to my 5 to niece to play with. ..? I hope that's ok. i Can take out the fob but icant do anything with the creed inside to make it a non branded bag...
 
#4,469
Sem1charmed said:
Sounds like....SOMEBODY...knows its fake. Otherwise they'd want the bag back. :busted
Click to expand...

MrsPippy said:
Still giving her the benefit of the doubt... She still has some coach purses on her listings, i havent gone thru them.
Click to expand...
I have to agree on this one that she's busted. The fact that she claims to have purchased from the "Coach outlet" yet tells you to donate the bag tells me she knew what she had.


MrsPippy said:
So now i was planning to give the bag to my 5 to niece to play with. ..? I hope that's ok. i Can take out the fob but icant do anything with the creed inside to make it a non branded bag...
Click to expand...
There's no reason why your niece can't use the bag. And in the event that your niece tires of it, if she chooses to donate, a recommendation is to use a thick Sharpie and mark it across the creed "counterfeit" at least will let someone know that the bag is fake.
 
#4,470
honkers said:
Thank you! It got away. . .i have yet to be successful in my ebay bidding. It is a leaning process, for sure. I seem to lose out in last 5 seconds. . .lol, I will figure it out!
Click to expand...
You're welcome. There is an art to bidding. You can either bid your highest amount early and sit it out, or wait until the last moment to put in a high bid, hoping to catch other buyers unaware. Some buyers use a sniping service so they get their bid in at the last second, and it is impossible to beat them unless your bid happens to be higher.
MrsPippy said:
Yes, I gave her the eBay link about Coach's serial numbers. Thanked her too for quick response and refund. So now i was planning to give the bag to my 5 to niece to play with. ..? I hope that's ok. i Can take out the fob but icant do anything with the creed inside to make it a non branded bag...
Click to expand...
You can mark over the creed with a permanent marker with the word fake or cut out part of the creed.
MrsPippy said:
Please help me out on this one? Thanks.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/201321950157

I have this small purse itch right now. I think they are all really cute and i should have them all!

Thanms in advance.
Click to expand...
It's an authentic dinky bag from the late 70s or early 80s.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top